Serpent Skull- Beer and Pretzels (Inactive)

Game Master drbuzzard

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Janzadar, standing on the prow of the ship, looks away at the ocean.
"I love the ocean. Life is good. We are lucky to be alive."

Sunken in thoughts and seemingly oblivious to her surroundings, an elven woman sits amidsships on a barrel, holding a waxed book in her hands.

Molok hangs out in the crow's nest, surprise surprise, enjoying the open air and the salty breeze in his face..

Ivar, enjoying the time between his shifts, stands at the portside rail of the Jenivere, shirtless; basking in the near tropical weather. His seawolf tattoo looking almost black in the shadow of the sails, his golden braids blowing lightly from the breeze that is pushing the ship at its quick pace.

He turns and waives at the tengu in the crow’s nest giving a friendly smile. ”It’s good to have Malok aboard, we can always do with a little help from a jinx eater. Anyway, no need to worry, I won’t have any gold for him to steal till we unload our cargo. I blew it all back in port in that little pub with the friendly barmaid.”

"Oh. Oh my." A halfling in shabby, stained, but once fine clothes of a rich Chelish child squints as he comes from below decks for the first time in days. He immediately brings a slightly perfumed handkerchief to his nose. "It still smells like ...sweat. And ...ocean! How unpleasant. And the crew won't play poker with me anymore! What a dreadful day."

Ok, while it seems that you boarded a water vessel, in fact it was a railroad. In short order you travel for a while, then after being drugged in a meal (no save) you find yourselves deposited on the shore of an island.

You awaken just as some large sea creatures seem to have noticed you and decided to come up on shore to eat you.

Init time (I never said it was a slow railroad, kinda like a bullet train).

init: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Yikes!

Init: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

How far away?

init: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14"Oh, this is worse! This is worse! Someone do something!"

Initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21

kn:nature: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

What is it? Immunities or resistances? If not immune i´ll try to daze it with the serpentine bloodline, willsave DC 14. Also best railroad intro ever^^

Lalali startles up as she hears she hers weird noises, coughing out water and spitting sand.
When she sees the creature coming close, she mumbles something sounding arcane...

It's an Ochre Eurypterid .
No immunities or resistances.

Janzadar, startled, tries to clear his head for the incoming battle.
Initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
Distance?

Ah have to ask if it´s an animal, magical beast or monstrous humanoid, then i can daze it. If not casting ray of frost.

Ray of frost: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 171d3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

If its within 30' add +1 hit and damage

Malok studies it as a move and uses Hawkeye as a swift..

Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 22
Dam: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Ivar, Jumping to his feet, immediately begins to look around for his greataxe.

init: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

are we in full gear, or is our gear near us or are we as we described ourselves in the entry? And where is Ivar's axe?

You are still in your armor, but your equipment is stacked in a pile nearby (weapons etc.).

(so, no, you didn't shoot the thing).

The sea thingies (4) are 20 feet away from your initial spot.

Janzadar, channeling the power of cloud and thunder, lets an electric ray out towards the closest sea monster.
[dice=Lightning Arc Touch Attack]1d20+1[/dice]
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4 Electricity Damage
He moves and grabs his trident.
"Get behind me..."

The lightning beam misses.

Malok moves and grabs his bow and fires then.. So no study.. BUt with/in 30 with still hit AC 22 for 2 whopping damage..

The arrow hits, but does not kill the sea thingy.

Though I might ask how your grab the bow isn't an action, but meh.

Walters scrambles to find a hiding spo--I mean, strategic holding place. Stealth: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

I figured move, grab bow and fire! If you feel its to much than thats fine.. Its only 2 damage..

Picking an item up from the ground is a move action, so we'll ignore the 2 damage.

Seeing his great axe in the pile near his belt and scabbarded weapons, Ivar runs toward the weapon pile and grabs his favorite weapon turning toward the nearest creature. "Come on Rhea, we have work to do!"

move action #1 run to the pile, Move action #2 pick up the axe ;)

Knowledge: nature: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Critters advance and attack with their stingers.

Ivar to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 2 damage: 1d2 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1 miss
Lalali to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 5 damage: 1d2 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0 miss
Malok to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 1 damage: 1d2 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1 miss
Janz to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 10 damage: 1d2 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1 miss

Somehow you don't seem very scared.

PCs are up.

Malok 5' steps back and fires! Swift action for Hawkeye..

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8 and a whiff..

Lalali takes a step back as well and casts ray of frost again, focusing on the small vial of blue liquid in her belt.

Acid Splash: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 221d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Between the two rays, Lalali downs the sea bug thingy.

Janzadar uses his trident on another of the critters.
Attack Roll: 1d20 ⇒ 13
Damage Roll: 1d8 ⇒ 8

miss

Ivar steps toward the nearest stinging critter letting his anger well up inside, he swings an overhead chop at it with his great axe.

move action (however far he needed to go under 30 ft.) attack: greataxe. Rage; first round; AC: 15, Will: + 4, HP: 18
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 for damage: 1d12 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

splat

While hiding, G.K. looks around for any clue as to wtf is happening. perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

Your keen observation skills reveal that you are on a beach, and being attacked by sea bugs.

The bugs continue to attack.

Both of them.

On Malok
claw to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 18 damage: 1d2 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0 hit 1 damage
claw to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 4 damage: 1d2 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0 miss
sting to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 15 damage: 1d2 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0 miss

On Janzadar
claw to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 11 damage: 1d2 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1 miss
claw to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 13 damage: 1d2 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0 hit 1 damage
sting to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 11 damage: 1d2 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1 miss

No doubt you now have the fear of gods in you.

PCs are up.

Janzadar keeps attacking with his trident.
Attack Roll: 1d20 ⇒ 1
Damage Roll: 1d8 ⇒ 2

5' step away and again fire!

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 man he's good..

I'm just gonna start calling you Simo.

don't know if Malok or Janadar is closer

Ivar begins to move toward the nearest critter, "I wonder if these things are good eating." approaching the beast he lets out a roar and swings his axe to smash the thing.

move action (however far he needed to go under 30 ft.) attack: greataxe. Rage; second round; AC: 15, Will: + 4, HP: 18
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 for damage: 1d12 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19 crud, I believe that would be a miss.

Let me help you out gentleman...

Ray of frost on the nearest crab.

Ray of Frost: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 191d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

The barbarian lashes out wildly to no effect, while Lalali freezes one to death.

A beach, eh? In my experience beaches come with lovely island women with big human butts. GK dares a peek at the melee nearby.

Last bug attacks the barbarian.

claw to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 14damage: 1 = 1 miss
claw to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 20damage: 1 = 1 hit
sting to hit: 1d20 ⇒ 16damage: 1 = 1 miss

PCs are up.

Ivar pulls his axe's head out of the sand where his wild swing had buried it, grasping the handle with both hands he lifts the weapons blade over his head, looking down at the crablike creature that has pinched him he says. "You should have ran back to the water while you had the chance." He then brings the axe smashing down at the creature again.

full attack: greataxe. Rage; third round; AC: 15, Will: + 4, HP: 18
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25 for damage: 1d12 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

splat

combat over

Now after you were railroaded into this situation, you are dumped into a sandbox. You are on an island you know nothing about, with only the equipment you are carrying (or would normally carry as it is all in the pile. )

Ivar breaths a heavy sigh as he begins to release the adrenaline high, becoming slightly fatigued. Wiping the dead creature from his axe he looks around the sandy beach trying to identify their location.

"Does anyone recognize this Island?" smiling he nods to the dead creatures "If not we can call it "Splatter Land" in honor of it's inhabitants."

just in case there is more information to be had.
knowledge: geography: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
yep, 'splatter land' it is.

You are pretty sure it is in the ocean.